Look, if you've been grinding Fortnite since Chapter 7 kicked off, you've been patient. Longer than usual, actually. Chapter 7 Season 1 is shaping up to be the game's longest season in six years, and it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing, with technical headaches dogging Epic Games since the South Park event dropped in early January. But the end is finally in sight, and Season 2 is shaping up to be something genuinely exciting.
So let's get into it. Here's everything we know so far, reported by GameSpot.
The Start Date
Season 2 was originally locked in for early March, but Epic has pushed it back two weeks. The new launch date is Thursday, March 19. No official reason was given for the delay, though anyone who's been playing through Season 1's increasingly wobbly updates would have a fair guess. The bugs that surfaced after the South Park event kept compounding with each patch, and a two-week breathing room to iron things out before a major season launch seems like the sensible call. A slightly late start beats a broken one.
The Teaser and the Story So Far
The only official teaser released so far puts The Seven front and centre again. A new Visitor character flew a rocket to the island on February 19 and has been hanging around Jonesy and The Order ever since. A series of dates has been listed in the teaser, all building toward a "final wave" in the last week of the season. Whether that culminates in a live event is still unclear, but given the timing, it'd be a fair bet.
The big narrative thread heading into Season 2 is the hunt for The Foundation, leader of The Seven, who vanished when he and Jonesy leapt into the Zero Point at the end of Chapter 3 Season 2. Here's the thing: Jonesy has been back for three years now, bouncing around the island without a word about his old mate. Season 2 is apparently going to address that gap. And yes, The Foundation was originally voiced by and modelled on Dwayne Johnson. Whether The Rock returns to the role or someone else steps in is still anyone's guess.
Gameplay Changes
Producer Ted Timmins sat down with fans on Twitter recently and dropped a string of hints about what to expect from Season 2. The highlights include a mostly refreshed loot pool, new movement items (including one the whole squad can use together), a "new-old meta loot spot" that activates mid-game, and a general commitment to dialling up the chaos in gameplay.
Now, a refreshed loot pool and new movement items are pretty standard season-to-season fare for modern Fortnite, so don't let that get you too worked up either way. The genuinely interesting bits are the squad movement item, which could reshape team play in a big way, and that mid-game loot spot. It sounds like a throwback to loot island or the Chapter 5 mod bench vaults, which is the kind of old-school wrinkle that tends to make the meta a lot more interesting.
Battle Pass and Collabs: Looney Tunes Takes the Stage?
Here's where things get really fun. Timmins' choice to describe Season 2 as going to "dial up the loony tunes" may not have been accidental at all. Multiple leakers have been pointing to a Looney Tunes collaboration that is reportedly close to release, and the weight of evidence is starting to stack up. Leakers are now claiming Bugs Bunny will headline the battle pass, with Daffy Duck and Lola Bunny heading to the item shop. That would be a massive get for Epic.
On top of that, three separate leakers have tipped an Overwatch collaboration, with skins for Tracer, D.Va, Genji and Mercy all said to be in the works. At least one leaker claims an Overwatch character will land on the battle pass itself. Fair dinkum, if that comes off, it'll be a big season for collab fans.
The AdiraFNInfo Situation
Now for the strange bit. A leaker going by AdiraFNInfo had been on an absolute tear in early 2026, correctly calling a string of collabs including 28 Years Later, Ed Edd N Eddy, Solo Leveling, The Office, Honkai Star Rail, The Regular Show, the second wave of KPOP Demon Hunters, the Magik and Luna Snow Marvel skins, and a handful of Fortnite-original cosmetics. For a newcomer, that track record was genuinely remarkable.
Then, on February 23, their accounts vanished completely. Before going dark, Adira had also flagged upcoming collabs with Minecraft, Peak, Ben 10, Kingdom Hearts, Game of Thrones, and Masters of the Universe. None of those have been corroborated by other leakers, so take them with appropriate salt. But given the track record before the disappearance, they're worth keeping an eye on.
I reckon Season 2 is shaping up to be one of the more loaded seasons in recent memory, assuming Epic can get the technical gremlins sorted before launch. March 19 can't come soon enough.